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Where Was Cricket First Played?

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From Quick Guide: Cricket 101

Summary: Cricket started in England, but it has spread throughout the world to find popularity in Pakistan, India and even America. Learn about longstanding rivalries between cricket teams with help from the member of a cricket club in this free video on the history of cricket.

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By Alam Khan
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Alam Khan is a member of the Nashville Cricket Club. The Nashville Cricket Club (NCC) was founded in 2002 for the purpose of promoting cricket in Nashville and its surrounding areas.read more

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"The history of cricket, if you look into it, it started in England, of course, long before they occupied different parts of the world, and they carried the sports with them. Basically, if you talk about Pakistan, you talk about India, you talk about somewhat sports in America, cricket is there because of the British. What's really amazing is that people speak of George Washington playing cricket, people speak of early forefathers of United States of America, they played cricket and they loved it. And, in later years, of course the baseball took over, which is huge in America right now. And Gettysburg, for example, they're talking about when they were camping over there they were actually playing the cricket game too in between when they had time, when they were not fighting. So, it has a history, and as I said, the British carried it everywhere. And now you look at the teams all over the world, you have such strong teams that are just now coming out like Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka's been a strong team for a while. And then, on top of that, you have some kind of rivalry that exists just like you have football teams over here in the United States and basketball and all that, and you have rivalries, certain teams like Titans has Colts. So, Pakistan always has a tough game against India, and Australia has a tough team playing against England all the time, they give it a hundred percent and there's such thing as Ashes Series, and there's a whole story to that and history to that. But, basically this is one of the pastimes from England that started long time ago, and it changed its face and it became what it is now. If you look into twenty twenty cricket, this is newest form of cricket that is played now."

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